Daily Republican., 1887-08-12
an ftemized statement OF the cost Oh INC
exteuslon OF the line, vis'
..., niant .ic GnuananYpa hill,

M ID feet or cable r..,>..............'. iss.1
80 two lsn,ninS Ses.s and setting. ga
j. w. Higgins 4 sou, painting boxes'' sso "
A. Chambers ~ Yin W9r1 Sp eor.ny. So
,'.nnr m nut ing up wires and poies.... H.o
Total expense. ''-'''ssf-a'
Your committee also submit to your
consideration letters from ID. Howard
Tuxvorth, assistant superintendent at
baltimore of the Gamew.n sys, EN-, ana
one from ]. N. Gamewell, New YORK. all
of which is respectfully suomit'eu W
your committee. w. IL. QUINN,
WILLIAM q. BAUGH,
JOHN MONEY,
SAMUEL CHAMBERS,
NJ. j. eHARKEY.
III.
BALTIMORE, August s, 1887.
W. H. QUINN, ESQ., Csa rmah sre
Coumittee, Wilmington, Del.
DE.R SIR: The charge made in your
Council last Thursday nigst that we were
charging more tor boxes, c'c INA. 'osner me
places were paying, Is not correct Inc
farewell company have only Owe price
ior their rs DDS to large OF small cities IN
large or omall quantities. We have
never known u deviation in stEale case,
| hat for yeur further satisfaction we have
directed che Gamewell home company TO
correspond with you upon tH subject
and we ere sure win give you sstistaction'
In the matter of cable 1t vas s!ittle hiah
.er tharsthe regular fi:ce b cas1e 1t had 90
| be made specially Tor your pnI @ns
only E7o feet, ss there was nothing OF ,tS
kind IN any stock in mandatory nahSs-
| d. HOWARD TUs WORTH,
| For SOUTHERN Electric 4 ompany.
III.
New YoRE, August 0, 1887
Hon. WILLIAM H..QuISN, Chairman Fire
Committee, Wilmington, Del.
FEAR sIR: AT tie request Of our agent
for your CITY, j II Morrison, ESQ.,. kalti-
me re, we beg to Inform yeu that the reg
uynr price OF our best non-interierence
box, which yal, use, is Sl25 each. You
can readily ascertain this to be tact by
iramry at your adjoining cities-eh,is-
daiphia, CAmder, Lancaster, Yoik, mar
r,sburg, Baltimore, Washington, cities
IN the South, ifittsbusg, In tee West,
and so on in all the hundreds OF
cities using ocr telegraph. foar cits
Is iurnis he'd at the regular rate thaS I'll
, other cities par, even when ordering IN
;. .arge lots. Ieurs very truly,
J J.SI. GAMEwEII,
Superintendent.
Z He then m owed that the bill of the
= southern Electric Company be paid.
:. Mr.. BaynarG said that in his merlsI
Y last Thursday night be had no intention
= TO cast any ref ection on Mr.. Quinn, ant
= he called on the members to bear witness
= that be had always stood by him since b
" came back to CouncH. He thought how
ever that Mr.. Quinn was deceived iG thi
:, matter himself, as he saw In the Altooni
;. Times, where the bids were opened 10
= furnishing elec ricd supplies for ina
. city, that the Gamewell Company liaC
!, offered the non Interference boxes, th
:, same as Box ,is in this city, at SOD each
- but they were und, rbid by another com
', pany who received the contract. He hat
!. also heard from good authority that tn
:. company charges L ostou but $40 for thu
same boxes, that this city pays Sl25 for
Mr.. Quinn said that f such is the cas-
;, they would have frroished the boxes a
:. the same price to Wilmington, and with
:, drew the bill until tae matter is still
"a further investigated.
= Mr.. TAYLOR presented the bill OF tn
Wilmiu gton Coal c as Company, ameUn,
.o ing to t1i00 81 and on his motion 1t wa
a referred to the Street and Sewer Comni:
"a sion.
- The ordinance making an extraordinar
40 app! opriation ior the removal of garbag
~ was then taken up, and Mr.. Taylor move
: to ill the blank with $500. A discu
"A sion ensued, when on motion OF Nj
40 Moore the further COT ls.deratioa was POS
a ponei oue week.
20 Mr. Taylor offerel an ordinance
amend an ordinance providing that wof
~ Tor the city shall be done by contrac
which was read second time and reiere
N. to the Law Committee.
~ On motion OF Mr. Dillin the clerk WI
~ instructed 10 otiiy the Mayor to have Il
~ dogs removed from the cellar OF the Cit
q. Hall, and to have them kept away in IT,
future. Council thtn adjourned.
~ Pagan Il Co., So, J. v. Carlisle Il Co
a So 20; Hayden Bros ,S29.lS; 7. j. Bower
to to So 50; j. Conway, 1915; Fred Holdmal
" S36; James Stewart, SIS; Wilmingto
or Transfer Company, s6; F. Il. Smitl
ia S,3 81; W. Porter, 81; DR. Ogle, Sl'
ia Adams & Bro S14 90; NJ. F. Ke ley, s
~. J. j. DouRherty, $3.50; Every Evenin
;or SILT 80; Vernon y Sons, SSS; s.
sp Boothe, $50; News PublishiLe Compan
M. SS5; Freie Prcsse, SOS 92.I. P. Saulsbur
S2.25; A. Chambers, 81; Neal Duffy 81
Of Thomas Davidson, S2i5; |. z. Belts, 81
The John Dougherty, S2S w. G.. Foord, $40
ya Thomas J. Bowen, SIS; 8. Nurphey
IN Son., 81; Eliza Fiazer SO; d x A. I,
va CO., Slj.G7; John McKeown, 81 90; Beg
,ns & Co., $3.50; K. K. Grifliths, S..
Boughman & Co y2025; c. F. Sest
I'm henn, 81 IS; James 81 Webb, SIG 81.